dormir Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
dormir — to sleep
The imperative uses 'duerme' for tú and 'duerma' for usted, with 'durmamos' for let's sleep.
dormir Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to tell someone to go to sleep or to suggest a group nap.
Notes on dormir in the Affirmative Imperative
The commands follow the present subjunctive stems. Note the 'u' in 'durmamos' and 'duerman'.
Example Sentences
¡Duerme un poco más!
Sleep a little more!
tú
Duerma tranquilo, todo está bien.
Sleep peacefully (formal), everything is fine.
Durmamos un rato antes de salir.
Let's sleep for a while before leaving.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'dormamos' for 'let's sleep'.
Correct: durmamos
Why: The nosotros command for dormir requires the o > u stem change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: duermo
Dormir is a stem-changing verb where the 'o' becomes 'ue' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: dormí
Dormir has a stem change (o to u) in the third-person forms: durmió and durmieron.
Imperfect
yo: dormía
The imperfect of dormir is regular: dormía, dormías, dormía, dormíamos, dormíais, dormían.
Future
yo: dormiré
The future tense of dormir is regular: dormiré, dormirás, dormirá, dormiremos, dormiréis, dormirán.
Conditional
yo: dormiría
The conditional of dormir is regular: dormiría, dormirías, dormiría, dormiríamos, dormiríais, dormirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: duerma
Dormir changes o > ue in most forms, but importantly o > u in the nosotros and vosotros forms.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: durmiera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'durm-' stem for all forms: durmiera, durmieras, durmiera, etc.
Negative Imperative
yo: no duermas
Negative commands use the present subjunctive: no duermas, no duerma, no durmamos.